Germany Studying Ways to Deport Syrian Criminals, Extremists
The German Interior Ministry is studying different ways to deport Syrian criminals and extremists.
State Secretary Helmut Teichmann
told the German Press Agency that the ministry had examined various options
since the conference of interior ministers in autumn 2020, including the
possibility of deporting criminals and people who have given a false identity
to “parts of the country that are not controlled by the Syrian army.”
Teichmann said they are also
considering whether to exempt convicted Syrians serving their remaining
sentence.
"The prerequisite for this is, of course, in
each individual case that the public prosecutor agrees."
According to The Federal Ministry
of Interior, 347 Syrians received financial support from Germany in 2019 to
return home.
Last year, despite the coronavirus
pandemic, 83 people returned to Syria with state aid. In the first five months
of this year, 42 Syrians also received helped to return.
